Welcome to GEMS!
The NARFE Global Electronic Messaging System (GEMS) is used by the National Headquarters, regional vice presidents and federation presidents to distribute Legislative Hotlines, Action Alerts, health and benefits news, time-sensitive material such as press releases, newsletters and other NARFE-related news to members.
GEMS is an effective means of communication to our members; therefore, retaining members in the GEMS database for the purpose of receiving time-sensitive NARFE-related material must be a priority. We urge all authorized GEMS users to use common sense when planning to release a GEMS message.
The following guidelines should help GEMS users when planning messages:
1. NARFE Regional and Federation related topics
2. Include sender information for all to reply back
3. IF all possible send messages after 5:00 P.M. Eastern time or weekends
4. Attachments:
• One attachment per email ( PDF/Word Doc)
• No pictures (JPEG. BMP. GIF.)
• Limit the attachment size to 1MB
GEMS is designed to send modest sized attachments along with the message to NARFE members. However, sending messages with large attachments will delay or result in unsuccessful delivery due to limitations set for inboxes by the Internet Service Providers (ISP). To share large files, utilize the federation website by posting the file on the website and provide a link within the body of the message through GEMS.